Definition of libation in English:

libation

noun lʌɪˈbeɪʃ(ə)nlaɪˈbeɪʃən

1A drink poured out as an offering to a deity.
he poured the libation of rum on the ground
Example sentencesExamples
- A separate libation (drink offering) may be given to the gods, landwights or housewights, or some of the contents of the horn may be poured out as an offering to them.
- Actually, if you go back to nearly all the ancient pagan forms of magic in western and northern Europe they nearly all revolve around systems of libations and offerings.
- Each receipt would entitle its purchaser to the necessary libations or meal offerings required for different ceremonies.
- Such imposing classical receptacles are associated with pagan temples, worship and libations, and they thus introduce a sense of solemn ritual and ceremony.
- Later in the same night, on their return from their spying mission, he and Diomedes sit down to dine, drink, and pour a libation again.
- She holds a vessel in one hand and a cloth in another as she pours a libation before him.
- Aeneas awoke and poured a libation and then told the vision to his father.
- When one pagan group was ordered to dismantle a totem pole over which libations were poured, they simply placed a bust of Lenin on top and continued as before.
- If permission is granted, the linguist offers a libation to the god by pouring several drops of alcohol onto the ground.
- These objects are kept in a family stool house and brought out every six weeks, when libations are poured and animals sacrificed.
- Nestor prays for them as they arrive and the pair pours libations to Athena.
- The process of selling libations and meal offerings required purchasing and then redeeming different tickets, which were specifically marked to prevent fraud.
- All libations denote a sacrifice to the deity, but the one in the meal-context denotes a sharing with the god as all partake of the same drinking of wine.
- Possibly these cups were used in the performance of cult, such as feasting by the worshippers and offering of libations to the deities.
- She went on to explain that pouring libations is an African tradition for paying homage to ancestors.
- Some groups of cultural heritage tourists choose this spot for pouring libations to ancestors.
- The libation is poured into the soil before her father's tomb as she speaks.
- Judaism and paganism both practiced the pouring of sacrificial libations of both blood and wine.
- They pour libations and she asks Aeneas many questions about his suffering.
- These cups are particularly common in sanctuary contexts, where it has been argued that they might have been used for pouring libations.
Synonyms
liquid offering, offering, tribute, dedication, oblation
sacrifice
1. 1.1mass noun The pouring out of a libation.
  gin was poured in libation
  Example sentencesExamples
  Wine and beer were frequently offered, among many other foods and drinks, to deities as part of the cult, and the practice of libation was widespread in temple ritual.
  Other participants perform libation using Scotch or other similar liquor by pouring from a ram's horn.
  When we refer to ‘they made a libation of water’, a libation is simply pouring a drink offering.
2. 1.2humorous A drink.
  tequila is a favourite libation throughout the West
  Example sentencesExamples
  Conveniently, brother John Paul's favourite football team are sponsored by his favourite libation.
  ‘I call this libation the Lord Byron,’ he announces.
  I had poured myself a nice refill of the evening's libation.
  Please allow us to suggest some crowd-pleasing libations based on your menu selections as well as budget and palate preferences.
  Anyone remotely familiar with Germany knows that beer, wine, and other libations, such as Most and Korn, play a significant role in its culture and society.
  Synonyms
  drink, beverage, alcoholic drink, liquid refreshment, bracer
  dram, draught, nip, tot, swallow, sip, gulp
  informal swig, tincture, tipple
  archaic potation

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin libatio(n-), from libare 'pour as an offering'.

Rhymes

ablation, aeration, agnation, Alsatian, Amerasian, Asian, aviation, cetacean, citation, conation, creation, Croatian, counterdemonstration, counterproliferation, crustacean, curation, Dalmatian, delation, dilation, donation, duration, elation, fixation, Galatian, geolocation, glocalization, gyration, Haitian, halation, Horatian, ideation, illation, lavation, legation, location, lunation, mutation, natation, nation, negation, notation, nutation, oblation, oration, ovation, potation, relation, rogation, rotation, Sarmatian, sedation, Serbo-Croatian, station, staycation, taxation, Thracian, vacation, vexation, vocation, zonation

Definition of libation in US English:

libation

nounlīˈbāSHənlaɪˈbeɪʃən

1A drink poured out as an offering to a deity.
Example sentencesExamples
- Nestor prays for them as they arrive and the pair pours libations to Athena.
- All libations denote a sacrifice to the deity, but the one in the meal-context denotes a sharing with the god as all partake of the same drinking of wine.
- She holds a vessel in one hand and a cloth in another as she pours a libation before him.
- Actually, if you go back to nearly all the ancient pagan forms of magic in western and northern Europe they nearly all revolve around systems of libations and offerings.
- Such imposing classical receptacles are associated with pagan temples, worship and libations, and they thus introduce a sense of solemn ritual and ceremony.
- They pour libations and she asks Aeneas many questions about his suffering.
- Aeneas awoke and poured a libation and then told the vision to his father.
- The process of selling libations and meal offerings required purchasing and then redeeming different tickets, which were specifically marked to prevent fraud.
- If permission is granted, the linguist offers a libation to the god by pouring several drops of alcohol onto the ground.
- When one pagan group was ordered to dismantle a totem pole over which libations were poured, they simply placed a bust of Lenin on top and continued as before.
- A separate libation (drink offering) may be given to the gods, landwights or housewights, or some of the contents of the horn may be poured out as an offering to them.
- These objects are kept in a family stool house and brought out every six weeks, when libations are poured and animals sacrificed.
- Each receipt would entitle its purchaser to the necessary libations or meal offerings required for different ceremonies.
- These cups are particularly common in sanctuary contexts, where it has been argued that they might have been used for pouring libations.
- Some groups of cultural heritage tourists choose this spot for pouring libations to ancestors.
- She went on to explain that pouring libations is an African tradition for paying homage to ancestors.
- Judaism and paganism both practiced the pouring of sacrificial libations of both blood and wine.
- Later in the same night, on their return from their spying mission, he and Diomedes sit down to dine, drink, and pour a libation again.
- Possibly these cups were used in the performance of cult, such as feasting by the worshippers and offering of libations to the deities.
- The libation is poured into the soil before her father's tomb as she speaks.
Synonyms
liquid offering, offering, tribute, dedication, oblation
1. 1.1 The pouring out of a drink as an offering to a deity.
  gin was poured in libation
  Example sentencesExamples
  Other participants perform libation using Scotch or other similar liquor by pouring from a ram's horn.
  Wine and beer were frequently offered, among many other foods and drinks, to deities as part of the cult, and the practice of libation was widespread in temple ritual.
  When we refer to ‘they made a libation of water’, a libation is simply pouring a drink offering.
2. 1.2humorous A drink.
  they steadily worked their way through free food and the occasional libation
  Example sentencesExamples
  I had poured myself a nice refill of the evening's libation.
  Anyone remotely familiar with Germany knows that beer, wine, and other libations, such as Most and Korn, play a significant role in its culture and society.
  Conveniently, brother John Paul's favourite football team are sponsored by his favourite libation.
  Please allow us to suggest some crowd-pleasing libations based on your menu selections as well as budget and palate preferences.
  ‘I call this libation the Lord Byron,’ he announces.
  Synonyms
  drink, beverage, alcoholic drink, liquid refreshment, bracer

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin libatio(n-), from libare ‘pour as an offering’.

单词	libation
释义	Definition of libation in English: libation noun lʌɪˈbeɪʃ(ə)nlaɪˈbeɪʃən 1A drink poured out as an offering to a deity. he poured the libation of rum on the ground Example sentencesExamples A separate libation (drink offering) may be given to the gods, landwights or housewights, or some of the contents of the horn may be poured out as an offering to them. Actually, if you go back to nearly all the ancient pagan forms of magic in western and northern Europe they nearly all revolve around systems of libations and offerings. Each receipt would entitle its purchaser to the necessary libations or meal offerings required for different ceremonies. Such imposing classical receptacles are associated with pagan temples, worship and libations, and they thus introduce a sense of solemn ritual and ceremony. Later in the same night, on their return from their spying mission, he and Diomedes sit down to dine, drink, and pour a libation again. She holds a vessel in one hand and a cloth in another as she pours a libation before him. Aeneas awoke and poured a libation and then told the vision to his father. When one pagan group was ordered to dismantle a totem pole over which libations were poured, they simply placed a bust of Lenin on top and continued as before. If permission is granted, the linguist offers a libation to the god by pouring several drops of alcohol onto the ground. These objects are kept in a family stool house and brought out every six weeks, when libations are poured and animals sacrificed. Nestor prays for them as they arrive and the pair pours libations to Athena. The process of selling libations and meal offerings required purchasing and then redeeming different tickets, which were specifically marked to prevent fraud. All libations denote a sacrifice to the deity, but the one in the meal-context denotes a sharing with the god as all partake of the same drinking of wine. Possibly these cups were used in the performance of cult, such as feasting by the worshippers and offering of libations to the deities. She went on to explain that pouring libations is an African tradition for paying homage to ancestors. Some groups of cultural heritage tourists choose this spot for pouring libations to ancestors. The libation is poured into the soil before her father's tomb as she speaks. Judaism and paganism both practiced the pouring of sacrificial libations of both blood and wine. They pour libations and she asks Aeneas many questions about his suffering. These cups are particularly common in sanctuary contexts, where it has been argued that they might have been used for pouring libations. Synonyms liquid offering, offering, tribute, dedication, oblation sacrifice 1.1mass noun The pouring out of a libation. gin was poured in libation Example sentencesExamples Wine and beer were frequently offered, among many other foods and drinks, to deities as part of the cult, and the practice of libation was widespread in temple ritual. Other participants perform libation using Scotch or other similar liquor by pouring from a ram's horn. When we refer to ‘they made a libation of water’, a libation is simply pouring a drink offering. 1.2humorous A drink. tequila is a favourite libation throughout the West Example sentencesExamples Conveniently, brother John Paul's favourite football team are sponsored by his favourite libation. ‘I call this libation the Lord Byron,’ he announces. I had poured myself a nice refill of the evening's libation. Please allow us to suggest some crowd-pleasing libations based on your menu selections as well as budget and palate preferences. Anyone remotely familiar with Germany knows that beer, wine, and other libations, such as Most and Korn, play a significant role in its culture and society. Synonyms drink, beverage, alcoholic drink, liquid refreshment, bracer dram, draught, nip, tot, swallow, sip, gulp informal swig, tincture, tipple archaic potation Origin Late Middle English: from Latin libatio(n-), from libare 'pour as an offering'. Rhymes ablation, aeration, agnation, Alsatian, Amerasian, Asian, aviation, cetacean, citation, conation, creation, Croatian, counterdemonstration, counterproliferation, crustacean, curation, Dalmatian, delation, dilation, donation, duration, elation, fixation, Galatian, geolocation, glocalization, gyration, Haitian, halation, Horatian, ideation, illation, lavation, legation, location, lunation, mutation, natation, nation, negation, notation, nutation, oblation, oration, ovation, potation, relation, rogation, rotation, Sarmatian, sedation, Serbo-Croatian, station, staycation, taxation, Thracian, vacation, vexation, vocation, zonation Definition of libation in US English: libation nounlīˈbāSHənlaɪˈbeɪʃən 1A drink poured out as an offering to a deity. Example sentencesExamples Nestor prays for them as they arrive and the pair pours libations to Athena. All libations denote a sacrifice to the deity, but the one in the meal-context denotes a sharing with the god as all partake of the same drinking of wine. She holds a vessel in one hand and a cloth in another as she pours a libation before him. Actually, if you go back to nearly all the ancient pagan forms of magic in western and northern Europe they nearly all revolve around systems of libations and offerings. Such imposing classical receptacles are associated with pagan temples, worship and libations, and they thus introduce a sense of solemn ritual and ceremony. They pour libations and she asks Aeneas many questions about his suffering. Aeneas awoke and poured a libation and then told the vision to his father. The process of selling libations and meal offerings required purchasing and then redeeming different tickets, which were specifically marked to prevent fraud. If permission is granted, the linguist offers a libation to the god by pouring several drops of alcohol onto the ground. When one pagan group was ordered to dismantle a totem pole over which libations were poured, they simply placed a bust of Lenin on top and continued as before. A separate libation (drink offering) may be given to the gods, landwights or housewights, or some of the contents of the horn may be poured out as an offering to them. These objects are kept in a family stool house and brought out every six weeks, when libations are poured and animals sacrificed. Each receipt would entitle its purchaser to the necessary libations or meal offerings required for different ceremonies. These cups are particularly common in sanctuary contexts, where it has been argued that they might have been used for pouring libations. Some groups of cultural heritage tourists choose this spot for pouring libations to ancestors. She went on to explain that pouring libations is an African tradition for paying homage to ancestors. Judaism and paganism both practiced the pouring of sacrificial libations of both blood and wine. Later in the same night, on their return from their spying mission, he and Diomedes sit down to dine, drink, and pour a libation again. Possibly these cups were used in the performance of cult, such as feasting by the worshippers and offering of libations to the deities. The libation is poured into the soil before her father's tomb as she speaks. Synonyms liquid offering, offering, tribute, dedication, oblation 1.1 The pouring out of a drink as an offering to a deity. gin was poured in libation Example sentencesExamples Other participants perform libation using Scotch or other similar liquor by pouring from a ram's horn. Wine and beer were frequently offered, among many other foods and drinks, to deities as part of the cult, and the practice of libation was widespread in temple ritual. When we refer to ‘they made a libation of water’, a libation is simply pouring a drink offering. 1.2humorous A drink. they steadily worked their way through free food and the occasional libation Example sentencesExamples I had poured myself a nice refill of the evening's libation. Anyone remotely familiar with Germany knows that beer, wine, and other libations, such as Most and Korn, play a significant role in its culture and society. Conveniently, brother John Paul's favourite football team are sponsored by his favourite libation. Please allow us to suggest some crowd-pleasing libations based on your menu selections as well as budget and palate preferences. ‘I call this libation the Lord Byron,’ he announces. Synonyms drink, beverage, alcoholic drink, liquid refreshment, bracer Origin Late Middle English: from Latin libatio(n-), from libare ‘pour as an offering’.
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